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TITLE:
VMware ESX Console OS (COS) Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45467

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-30

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DESCRIPTION:
VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Console OS (COS),
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) and gain escalated privileges and by malicious
people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA43492
SA43976
SA44037

1) The "addmntent()" function does not correctly handle newline
characters. This can be exploited to e.g. cause a DoS or gain
escalated privileges, but requires that an attacker can inject
newline characters into a mount entry (e.g. via vulnerable mount
helpers).

Note: The updates also include a fix for a regression introduced due
to an earlier update not properly fixing CVE-2010-3847.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches if available.

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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VMSA-2011-0010:
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000142.html

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